It's also a good enough razor that, if the head went bad, I'd buy another. If it get corroded, buy another one. My first razor was zamak and I had no problems for the year I used it. I passed it along to a friend. Some go quickly, some seem to last forever.
It's a bit of a crap shoot, but they are all pretty cheap - so I wouldn't worry about it. If you like it and it breaks you can always buy another. I should have added that while the top of the 34c cap is zamak, on older ones the threaded post, like the handle, is chrome-plated brass.
On current ones, according to a recent post here, the post is also zamak. That may make a difference, as the threads are where the chrome plating is most likely to wear off, resulting in corrosion. That's where my zamak razor failed. I agree that's the most common failure point. It's really the only moving part in a three piece razor.
To me that's just incompetence on the part the better manufacturers to not at least make that threaded post out of brass or stainless. How much more would that cost? I'll bet not much. Unfortunately if you've read this forum long enough you know that failure with a zamak razor can occur in any part made of that material. It's just not as common. One poster reported his rockwell 6c corroded at the handle. This doesn't make zamak razors bad. Most are pretty good for their price point.
Although to me razorock's stainless razors of recent years have made them less of a value in comparison. I have had one since No issues with this one. I've had mine for a year or so and it's still going on strong. You must log in or register to reply here.
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I want to buy some blades with it and have a couple of questions: 1. Almost every razor I own has outlived its original owner. From what I've read so far, Modern Merkur's are nothing close to vintage Merkur razors. There are tons of threads where people claim that their modern Merkurs have begun corroding after only three to five years of use. Merkur will also blame you for any problem with the razor, so don't expect them to be honoring any lifetime warranty claims. I just got a new 37C a few weeks ago, and it had a small spot of brassing on the threads of the razor head.
It's tiny and not really worth returning it over, but it makes me question their quality control. I don't expect to see very many of the current modern Merkurs being sold 50 years from now in same condition we see vintage Gillettes in now. I agree with the importance of noticing that these are not vintage Gillette razors.
Both are in good shape, but the Merkur has lost a little plating exposing the zamac. Similarly, I keep the head from a modern Merkur OC on a vintage Fat Handle that I took from a Gillette Tech - while the handle is 70 years older than the head, it looks like the Gillette handle will outlast the Merkur head.
In other words, I don't know how long Merkur have been making razors with zamac, but since it is a relatively new material in razors, any guess regarding its longevity would only be conjecture. Though, we can say that they will not last as long as the vintage razors. A merkur is a 'time bomb' but it will all depend on the plating. When the plating is good watch for discoloration and small pits, especialy under the top plate longevity depends on how carefull you are but the sad thing is that Merkur QC is all over the place so no one can really tell.
Modern pennies last a pretty long time and that is pretty much what a Merkur razor is made out of. Talibeard is unfortunately right as far as Merkur quality control, though. I recently scored a US made Gillette Aristocrat with a gold finish. It is more or less 65 years old and in just about perfect condition- and incidentally shaves wonderfully.
I expect that given good care it will last another 65, but given that I am slightly older than that razor, it's unlikely I'll be around to know for sure. The age of any vintage Gillette is not necessarily a sign of its ability to hold up I fear I'm going to get flamed for this, but bear with me.
My year old Single Ring has not been used for, I would guess, a great measure of that time span. It is way too nice to have experienced daily use for a century. The thin brass used on some handles prior to some reports suggest it was poorly annealed means that handles without splits are hard to come by. That said, If Merkur or Meuhle ever made their razors entirely of plated solid brass, and they charged more, I'd buy them in a heartbeat.
I have a FaTip head nickel-plated solid brass on Meuhle's OC, and that unit ought to last easily a hundred years. I'm not as concerned with Zamac as much as I used to be. Some knowledgeable list members have weighed in on this on this board, speaking to the science of Zamac there doesn't seem to be just one kind , its manufacture and durability. I acknowledge those who have had problems, but I'm not sure what percentage of Merkur's or Meuhle's units made in a given year have had problems.
I invite anyone reading this who has knowledge of Zamac to weigh in or tell us where those older threads may be found.
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